Nanfeng Kiln

The Shiwan yao or Shiwan Kiln (Chinese石湾 窑, Pinyin Shiwan Yao, English Shiwan kiln ) is a famous mingzeitlicher ceramic kiln in Shiwan石湾, Chancheng District, Foshan in south China's Guangdong Province. He should go back to the time of the song or even the Tang Dynasty.

His most famous kiln is the Old Nanfeng Kiln (南风 古 灶, Nanfeng guzao, English Nanfeng Ancient Kiln, age southerly wind - furnace '), which is a dragon kiln or dragon kiln (龙窑, Longyao, English Dragon kiln ) as type of slope oven is.

Age Nanfeng Kiln

The old Nanfeng kiln was built in the Zhengde era (1506-1521) of the Ming dynasty. Since that time, his fire is never extinguished and the production was continuous, which is rare to see - it is the oldest dragon kiln in China. The dragon kiln is a kiln certain type whose name is derived from its located upslope extending form that is similar to the tail of a dragon. In the village of Shiwan ceramic kiln " zao " is called, otherwise it is called in Chinese usually " yao ". Since the opening of the kiln is in the south, he was named the " South Wind kiln " ( Nanfeng called in Chinese " south wind " ) or Nanfeng Kiln or Nanfeng Zao. The kiln is 34.4 m long, it has 29 rows of fire holes, as technical improvements were made to the stove, he is no longer in its original state.

The old south wind Kiln (南风 古 灶, Nanfeng gu zao ) since 2001 has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China ( 5-516 ).